Edward Brown reported a theft by swindle Thursday after paying a man who claimed to be a landlord $600.
Brown and his girlfriend were trying to find a home together after she moved out of her apartment in Stadium Village on short notice.
Brown found a house on Craigslist and contacted the man who claimed to be the landlord, according to a Minneapolis police report. Brown said man was the only landlord who responded to his messages.
“He acted like it was his house,” Brown said, “We had nowhere to go.”